The Observer’s Calendar for March 2025 on Episode 472 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars.
March 4 th is Pancake Tuesday
March 5 – Moon 0.6-degrees N of Pleiades but 6-7 degrees E of M45 for us
March 6 – Lunar X & V visible
March 7 – Lunar straight wall and Walther Sunrise Ray visible on Moon
March 8 – Mercury at greatest evening elongation 18-degrees from Sun in W.
& Mars 1.7 degrees S of Moon
March 9th – Jewelled Handle Visible on Moon
March 11 – 2 Satellites Visible on Jupiter at 8:42 pm EST
March 12 – Asteroid 8 Flora at opposition m=9.5
Discovered by Hind in 1847 is is the innermost large asteroid and the seventh brightest. Name was proposed by John Herschel for the latin goddess of flowers and gardens. Parent of the Flora family of asteroids. Mixture of silicate rock, nickel-iron metal.
March 12th – also, – Wargetin Pancake Visible on Moon
March 13 – M 93 well placed this evening
March 14 – Lunar Eclipse for NA – Just before Midnight on the 13…for us it’s best around 2:45 CST.
March 20th – Spring Equinox
March 22 – Zodiacal Light becomes visible for a. Couple weeks in W evening sky
March 23rd – large tides this week
March 24 – Mare Orientale visible on Moon – 6am
March 27th – 2579 nebula and cluster well placed for observing this evening
Galaxy NGC 2784
March 28th – Friday, best weekend this year for Messier Marathon
March 29th – Partial Solar Eclipse – Centred on Northern Labrador and Baffin Island.
– Gegenschein visible from a very Dark Site high in S at midnight
March 30 – More Large Tides
Sirius B – Current separation about 11 arc seconds max in 50 years.
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